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PHILADELPHIA - In
anticipation of the release of the All-CSFL teams later this week, today we
will take a look back out some of the record breakers and standout performances
from the 2011 sprint football season. The Quakers went 5-2 this past season to
capture the William R. Wagner trophy and finish in third place overall in the
CSFL. Offensively and defensively, there were several standouts.

Perhaps nobody was more consistent week in and week out than
senior captain and linebacker Matt Cuccinello. In his final season at Penn,
Cuccinello always seemed to be in the middle of things and finished the year
with a CSFL-leading 74 tackles. His 74 stops were just one behind the program's
all-time record for tackles in one season. Remarkably, 46 of his stops were
made unassisted. In addition, Cuccinello was constantly disrupting team's
rhythm by making 12.5 tackles in the backfield, including 3.5 sacks this
season.

Ultimately, the most telling stat about Cuccinello's
remarkable consistency in 2011 is the fact that he led the team in tackles for
each of the first five weeks of the season. He also had 10-plus tackles in each
of the first six weeks, including a season-high 13 tackles, 11 solo, against
Mansfield. Cuccinello finished six tackles clear of the league runner-up and 16
tackles ahead of the third highest tackler. Cuccinello earned two CSFL
Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Another defender that opponents constantly had to keep an
eye on this season was fellow linebacker, Alexander Starr. Starr picked off
four passes in 2011, which was the second-highest in the CSFL. Starr really
come on strong late in the season and had his breakout performance of the
season against Mansfield. In that game, the junior intercepted three passes on
his way to earning CSFL Defensive Player of the Week honors. The following
week, he then intercepted another pass against Cornell. To cap off the season,
he finished with 10 tackles in both the Army and Princeton games. Chris Twombly
and Rolando Lyles also intercepted two passes each to finish tied for the fifth-highest
mark during the CSFL season.

Offensively, the Quakers engine in 2011 was senior
quarterback Todd Busler. Another captain, Busler finished second in the league
with 1,681 yards passing and 20 touchdowns. This was the second-highest single
season total, behind only his sophomore season when he threw for 1,682 yards.
In all but one game, Busler threw for at least two touchdown passes. He also
had 200 or more yards passing in each of the last five weeks. In back-to-back
weeks, he had 398 yards passing against Cornell and followed that up with 390
yards and five touchdowns against Army.

Busler will graduate as Penn's all-time leading passer with 4,423
passing yards over four seasons and 45 touchdowns through the air. He added 12
more touchdowns rushing. He also owns eight of the top-10 single-game passing
performances in program history and three of the top-five single-season passing
records.

When Busler was not throwing, freshman Mike Beamish led a
rushing attack with 681 yards on 112 carries this season, averaging 5.9 yards
per carry. He found the end zone four times in his rookie season. His rushing
total was the second-highest mark in the CSFL this season. He ran for over 100
yards in three of the first four games this season, including a 139 yards
rushing and one touchdown in the season opener against Princeton. He then had
another 139 yards rushing and a season-high three touchdowns against Post two
games later. He followed that performance with a season-high 163 yards rushing
against Mansfield.

Using a diverse attack through the air, no Penn receivers
finished in the top-five in the CSFL in receiving; however, there were several
standout performances of note. Mathew Wetherell finished with 420 yards
receiving, the fifth-highest single season total in program history. He also
had 134 yards receiving against Cornell, the 11th-best single receiving game in
program history.

Kamil Okroj had 370 yards receiving on the year, the eighth-best
mark in program history. His best single receiving game came against Army when
he had 111 yards catching the ball, the 17th-best game all-time at Penn. Andrew Donald finished with 361 yards, which was the ninth-best single season total in
program history. His best game also came against Army when he had 108 yards
receiving, the 18th-best game in program history.

Also of note, in the career receiving yards, Whit Shaw tops
the list at 1,757 yards receiving after three seasons and will look to add to
that total next year. After two seasons, Donald has 620 yards receiving, the
ninth most receiving yards in program history. Wetherell finished his career
with 584 yards receiving, 12th-most for a career at Penn.